Tag: John Hoeven

Lawmakers say states need flexibility, but they also say more money is needed to provide a safety net to ensure sick customers can get affordable coverage. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

GOP senators call for more risk pool funding in Obamacare repeal

Robert King · May 25, 2017 9:27 pm

"At some point we will have to make decisions and then we will have to put something out there and eventually vote," said Sen. John Thune. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Time may be running out on Senate Obamacare talks

Robert King · May 23, 2017 8:43 pm

Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has been spearheading bipartisan talks alongside Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined the closed-door meeting Thursday, which focused on tax credits to reduce healthcare costs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Obamacare working group expands

Robert King · May 18, 2017 8:49 pm

Lawmakers are relishing the chance to avoid talking about controversies surrounding President Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare repeal gives senators a break from Trump scandals

Robert King · May 18, 2017 4:01 am

Measure that requires everyone to buy insurance or pay a fine could stick around for a few years as part of a transition, Sen. John Hoeven said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obamacare’s individual mandate could stick around

Robert King · May 17, 2017 7:31 pm

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., says he is pitching a plan that would allow states to reinvest unused Medicaid dollars in future years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Hoeven pitches Medicaid reinvestment proposal

Kimberly Leonard · May 16, 2017 8:25 pm

A major theme of the working group's meeting was what to do about the individual market in 2018. (AP)

GOP senators talk 2018 Obamacare rescue plan

Robert King · May 16, 2017 7:54 pm

The offer follows signals from the Trump administration that it would not insist the spending bill include money to pay for the wall on the southern border promised during the campaign. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The wall is out: Latest GOP offer to avoid shutdown excludes money for border wall

Susan Ferrechio · April 25, 2017 7:34 pm

The Stream Protection Rule would strengthen the rules for coal mining near waterways and streams. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)

Energy and Environment

North Dakota lawmakers rip Interior over state collaboration

Kyle Feldscher · May 2, 2016 4:46 pm

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., support giving coal ash regulatory power permanently to the states. (AP Photo)

Two senators want to make favorable EPA ruling work for coal country

Curt Mills · January 25, 2016 5:01 am

Sen.Â John Hoeven, a Republican from North Dakota,Â said he will look for ways to kill the Clean Power Plan. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

Hoeven vows to block EPA climate rules in omnibus

John Siciliano · November 18, 2015 12:40 am

JohnÂ Hoeven has introducedÂ legislation he sponsored with Democratic colleague Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind.,Â that would change how the process works for transnational pipeline approval in the future.Â (AP Photo)

Hoeven pushes reforms after Keystone decision

Curt Mills · November 6, 2015 11:26 pm